I personally hate this because incentives are not aligned.If things go wrong with the property it's the PM's fault.

It depends on what demographic you are aiming to serve.2) BiggerPockets, Facebook, in-person meetups.

@Eric Johnson - If your rate is good, you could consider doing a "subject to" deal where the person buying gives you a cash infusion for the right to own one of those properties. 

I personally like to buy real estate that has A) excellent long-term prospects ie. area growth, commercial vibrancy, high housing demand, rising rental rates and B) positive or at least neutral cash flow.

Seems like your brother would be the person to ask.

As far as you saying you don't know if it's in an HOA, it likely is, given how you described it and that shouldn't be hard for you to figure out just by looking at a Google Earth map (sometimes the name of the community will appear), or pay a local person off Craigslist to go drive it and find out the community name, take pictures of the lot, etc. 

While I do not invest personally in OKC I work with a lot of folks who do.

I personally don't mess around with landlording and loans any more.

It seems like if I could put together 3-4 people who are interested in the same deal, and get them to pool their capital together on a flip, you would lower the per-person risk, you would allow more investors to enter the market. 

@Munjal Adhvaryuare you able to travel in person to your target market to build a team and look at properties?